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Personality is Related to Educational Outcomes in Late Adolescence: Evidence From Two Large-Scale Achievement Studies.
Spengler, Marion
2013In Journal of Research in Personality
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Keywords :
Personality; Educational large-scale study; Academic outcomes
Abstract :
[en] As no previous research has assessed personality in a large-scale study of student achievement, this study is the first to investigate the relation between personality traits and academic outcomes in adolescence. We used data from two independent Luxembourgish samples of students including a representative sample of 15-year-old students (n = 898) and a large heterogeneous sample of more than 2,000 ninth and tenth graders. We found a differentiated pattern of results concerning key educational outcomes: Conscientiousness was more closely related to grades, whereas Openness showed higher relations with achievement test scores. Possible mechanisms that may underlie the pathways from personality to ducational success and the implications of using short inventories in the context of large-scale educational) studies are discussed.
Disciplines :
Social & behavioral sciences, psychology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Spengler, Marion ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Educational Measurement and Applied Cognitive Science (EMACS)
Language :
English
Title :
Personality is Related to Educational Outcomes in Late Adolescence: Evidence From Two Large-Scale Achievement Studies.
Publication date :
October 2013
Journal title :
Journal of Research in Personality
ISSN :
0092-6566
Publisher :
Academic Press
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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